Gnome Alone (2018) - Movie Review

 

It seems like every year, I come across a stupid animated kids’ film that, for one reason or another, appeals to me where it didn’t for many others. And I proceed to look like an idiot for trying to convince grown-ass adults that it’s worth watching. 2016 had The Angry Birds Movie, last year it was The Boss Baby (I am never going to live that down, it seems), and this year, it looks like it's gonna be Sherlock Gnomes.

While I reiterate that I’m just as surprised as anyone else that that film had anything worth praising, I would also like to state that a lot of the films I cover on here are looked at through the prism of me compulsively watching anything I can get my hands on. Anything good is worth highlighting, same as anything bad, and in the wilds of cinema, know that things can always get worse. What am I getting at with all this? Well, for those who still think Sherlock Gnomes is worthy of Worst Of The Year status, know that it isn’t even the worst gnome movie from this year. Behold the true contender for that title.

Elliot The Littlest Reindeer (2018) - Movie Review

 

2018, more so than a lot of years previously, has shown that the trend of family films about talking animals has been a scourge on the landscape of modern cinema. It’s the one sub-genre that I can tie to some of this year’s worst product, and whichever ones that are actually worth bothering with are few and far between. And sure enough, we got another weaksauce one today.